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I was a cab driver last year, didn't sign any papers or w-2 or 1099 or anything. How would I file?

 
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I was a cab driver last year, didn't sign any papers or w-2 or 1099 or anything. How would I file?

By the end of January the cab company should give you a W-2 or maybe a 1099NEC.   Have you given them your Social Security number?   Or do you own the cab yourself and work only for yourself?  Have you asked them how they will report your income?

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
Vanessa A
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I was a cab driver last year, didn't sign any papers or w-2 or 1099 or anything. How would I file?

It depends. If the company considered you an employee or if you met the qualifications of an employee, then your company should send you a W2 around the end of January or sooner.  Generally, an employee will fill out a W-4 prior to starting as well an I-9

The IRS considers you an employee if the company:

  1. Has behavioral control meaning they control the how, when and where you do your job
  2. Has financial control meaning they control how you are paid (ex. do you get a weekly paycheck based on the hours you work, do they withhold taxes from you wages), have an investment in the equipment used (ex. do they own and maintain the cab or is this an Uber type situation)
  3. It looks like an employee/employer relationship (do you have benefits)

If you are an employee, then you will just enter your W-2 when you receive it which can be done in any version of TurboTax. 

 

If you are not an employee, then you would be considered an independent contractor.  If you are are an independent contractor then you should have tracked the amount of money you earned and expenses incurred and will need to use TurboTax Self-Employed to file a Schedule C with your return.  The company will likely send you a 1099 in late January which should tell you how much you earned driving the cab.  If they do not, you will still need to file the Schedule C using your income and expense records. 

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